Jonathan Claymore McCollum, PhD

Jonathan McCollum is the Content Strategy Manager and expert in Middle East records at FamilySearch. He holds a Ph.D. in Middle East History from the University of California, Los Angeles, in addition to his BA and MA in History from Brigham Young University. Jonathan is also a Turkish language specialist. Formerly a professor at BYU, specializing in Middle East and eastern Mediterranean history, Jonathan has been awarded several fellowships for research in the region. He has lived and worked in various countries in the Middle East.

English Sessions


Thumbnail ki he The Ottoman Collaborative :  A Panel
Ko e lea fakafonua ki he fakatahá ni ko e English
Ko e fuoloa ʻo e vitioó ko e 1:00:37
Naʻe pulusi ʻa e sēsiní ʻi he 2026

The Ottoman Collaborative : A Panel

Chedi Hachana, Dr. Stephen Randall Filios , Dr. Sibel Karakoc, Dr. Kent Schull, Jonathan Claymore McCollum, Dr. Richard Wittmann

Thumbnail ki he Giving Voice to Silent Scripts: Indexing Records in Dead Languages
Ko e lea fakafonua ki he fakatahá ni ko e English
Ko e fuoloa ʻo e vitioó ko e 54:28
Naʻe pulusi ʻa e sēsiní ʻi he 2026

Giving Voice to Silent Scripts: Indexing Records in Dead Languages

Jonathan Claymore McCollum

Thumbnail ki he Find Online Records of Your Palestinian Christian Ancestors
Ko e lea fakafonua ki he fakatahá ni ko e English
Ko e fuoloa ʻo e vitioó ko e 31:34
Naʻe pulusi ʻa e sēsiní ʻi he 2023

Find Online Records of Your Palestinian Christian Ancestors

Jonathan Claymore McCollum

Thumbnail ki he Shar‘iah Court Registers (Sijillat) for Family History for Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Ancestry
Ko e lea fakafonua ki he fakatahá ni ko e English
Ko e fuoloa ʻo e vitioó ko e 34:1
Naʻe pulusi ʻa e sēsiní ʻi he 2022

Shar‘iah Court Registers (Sijillat) for Family History for Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Ancestry

Jonathan Claymore McCollum

Thumbnail ki he The Ottoman Population (Nüfus) Registers for Family History
Ko e lea fakafonua ki he fakatahá ni ko e English
Ko e fuoloa ʻo e vitioó ko e 47:18
Naʻe pulusi ʻa e sēsiní ʻi he 2022

The Ottoman Population (Nüfus) Registers for Family History

Jonathan Claymore McCollum

Thumbnail ki he An Introduction to Middle East Family History
Ko e lea fakafonua ki he fakatahá ni ko e English
Ko e fuoloa ʻo e vitioó ko e 23:59
Naʻe pulusi ʻa e sēsiní ʻi he 2021

An Introduction to Middle East Family History

Jonathan Claymore McCollum

Other Languages


Thumbnail ki he التعاون العثماني: لجنة
Ko e lea fakafonua ki he fakatahá ni ko e Arabic
Ko e fuoloa ʻo e vitioó ko e 1:00:37
Naʻe pulusi ʻa e sēsiní ʻi he 2026

التعاون العثماني: لجنة

Chedi Hachana, Dr. Stephen Randall Filios , Dr. Sibel Karakoc, Dr. Kent Schull, Jonathan Claymore McCollum, Dr. Richard Wittmann

Thumbnail ki he إعطاء تفسير للنصوص التي كُتبت بلغات لم تعد مستخدمة: فهرسة السجلات باللغات الميتة
Ko e lea fakafonua ki he fakatahá ni ko e Arabic
Ko e fuoloa ʻo e vitioó ko e 54:33
Thumbnail ki he مقدّمة عن خدمات مؤسسة فاميلي سيرتش لحافظي الأرشيفات والوثائق والمخطوطات العثمانية
Ko e lea fakafonua ki he fakatahá ni ko e Arabic
Thumbnail ki he The Ottoman Collaborative: una mesa redonda
Ko e lea fakafonua ki he fakatahá ni ko e Spanish
Naʻe pulusi ʻa e sēsiní ʻi he 2026

The Ottoman Collaborative: una mesa redonda

Chedi Hachana, Dr. Stephen Randall Filios , Dr. Sibel Karakoc, Dr. Kent Schull, Jonathan Claymore McCollum, Dr. Richard Wittmann

Thumbnail ki he Dar voz a guiones silenciosos: la indexación de registros en lenguas muertas
Ko e lea fakafonua ki he fakatahá ni ko e Spanish
Ko e fuoloa ʻo e vitioó ko e 54:33
Naʻe pulusi ʻa e sēsiní ʻi he 2026

Dar voz a guiones silenciosos: la indexación de registros en lenguas muertas

Jonathan Claymore McCollum

Thumbnail ki he La collaboration ottomane :  panel d’intervenants
Ko e lea fakafonua ki he fakatahá ni ko e French
Naʻe pulusi ʻa e sēsiní ʻi he 2026

La collaboration ottomane : panel d’intervenants

Chedi Hachana, Dr. Stephen Randall Filios , Dr. Sibel Karakoc, Dr. Kent Schull, Jonathan Claymore McCollum, Dr. Richard Wittmann